{"product_id":"canyon-gardens-the-ancient-pueblo-landscapes-of-the-american-southwest-9780826338600","title":"Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanyon Gardens\u003c\/em\u003e is the long-awaited sequel to \u003cem\u003eAnasazi Architecture and American Design\u003c\/em\u003e (UNM Press). It takes a new look at ancient and modern Puebloan gardening and landscape design approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One examines early Puebloan landscapes in detail, including compact gardens and terraces, site planning, the integration of farming and landscape design into settlement complexes, and the unit-courtyard complexes of the Mesa Verde country. It also covers the first meeting of the Ancient Puebloan tradition with Spanish traditions in seventeenth-century New Mexico and the Puebloan uses of plants. New field research is included--recent findings about the Zuni area, the upper Rio Grande country, and the Tompiro and Tiwa canyons and valleys in the Manzano Range.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two looks at the Ancient Puebloan culture's influence today. Chapters here examine the uses of the historic landscape in today's agriculture and horticulture and the impact of governmental regulations on traditional habits of gardening and land use and perception. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern architects, site planners, and landscape architects will find these new-found qualities of the Southwestern landscape fascinating and inspirational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eV.B.Price\u003c\/b\u003eisanotedNewMexicanpoetandjournalist--andmore.HeisamemberofthefacultyoftheUniversityofNewMexico'sHonorsCollege, formereditoroftheMaryBurrittChristensenPoetrySeriesattheUniversityofNewMexicoPress, andanadjunctassociateprofessorattheUNMSchoolofArchitectureandPlanning.Heisacofounderoftheonlinepublication\u003ci\u003eNewMexicoMercury\u003c\/i\u003eandtheauthorofseveralbooks, including\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrphanedLand: NewMexico'sEnvironmentSincetheManhattanProject\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaker H. Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of many books, including the coedited \u003ci\u003eAnasazi Architecture and American Design\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCanyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest\u003c\/i\u003e. A practicing landscape architect in Albuquerque for more than forty years, he is the founder and a professor of practice in the landscape architecture program at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779369566482,"sku":"9780826338600","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3a943ca8-e2e6-464a-899c-c2a2d74ee7f3.jpg?v=1765366743","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/canyon-gardens-the-ancient-pueblo-landscapes-of-the-american-southwest-9780826338600","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}